Li Q, Li JF, Mao XR. Application of artificial intelligence in liver diseases: From diagnosis to treatment. Artif Intell Gastroenterol 2021; 2(5): 133-140 [DOI: 10.35712/aig.v2.i5.133]
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While we welcome these promising researches into artificial intelligence in order to improve the quality of our medical provision, the study by Qiong et al. demonstrates the promising application of artificial intelligence in liver diseases from diagnosis to treatment. This paper systematacially reviews the application and prospects of artificial intelligence in liver diseases, and aims to improve clinicians' awareness of the importance of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases. AI is an algorithm-based application field that simulates human mental processes and intellectual activities, enabling machines to solve problems with knowledge. In the information age, AI is widely used in the medical field and can provide accurate diagnosis and treatment for complex diseases, reduce medical errors, and promote the development of medicine. However, the over-reliance on such algorithms needs to be further addressed, as well as the claims of Qiong et al that the AI should support rather than replace doctors. In addition, more deep, detailed and clinical investigations are still needed to confirm the potential application of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases.
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The authors are to be congratulated for making a very pragmatic summary of the current application of AI technique to the vast field of hepatology. There was a very good coverage on issues like, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, drug-induced liver injury, drug-resistant antivirals for hepatitis, co-infection with HIV and even on fusion imaging techniques. However, surgical resections apart. the piece would actually excel with the addition of current radiotherapy options that offer excellent alternatives to transarterial chemoembolization for large primary liver cancers or oligometastases, especially when the ambiguous patient selection is now eminently facilitated by AI: perhaps the subject of a separate short piece. [Ref 1: Strahlenther Onkol. 2020;196(10):888-899. Radiomics for liver tumours. Dreher C, Linde P, Boda-Heggemann J et al. PMID: 32296901 PMCID: PMC7498486]; [Ref 2: World J Hepatol. 2017;9(14):645-656. Strategies to tackle the challenges of external beam radiotherapy for liver tumors. Lock MI, Klein J, Chung HT et al. PMID: 28588749 PMCID: PMC5437609].
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